Coal-truck body



P. M, THoRN 1,760,093

COAL TRUCK BODY 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aprily 25. `1929 May 27, 1930. P. M. THORN I v v 1,760,093

' COAL TRUCK BODY Filed April 23, ,1929 "2 sheets-sheet 2` 4 i il INVENToR ercyjf Tozlv,

' ATTORNEY Patented May 27, 1930 earn orcs PERGY M. THORN, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW 'YORK COAL-TRUCK ODY Application. led April 23,

This invention relates, generally, to im provements 1n coal delivery truck bodies;

and the invention relates, more particularly,

to a novel construction of truck body which o may be utilized to carry a plurality oi"- load unit-s, and which includes means for discharging any selected load unit at will regardless of the position it occupies within the-body. In connection with the retail distribution 10 of coal, it is frequently desirable to convey in a single delivery truck a plurality of load units to be respectively carriedto diiierent destinations. In the ordinary delivery truckbody, a plurality of diiier'ent load units may 15 be carried by transversely partitioning the body interior to provide separate compartments for the saine. Use or the trucks so an ranged, especially when oit' the dumping type adapted to discharge the contents thereof Jfrom the rear end, frequently involves diiculties in making delivery, since the discharge of the load units must of necessity taire place in consecutive order, beginning with the rear 25 end compartment, and consequently, it ytor v any reason discharge of the rearward com-I partment or compartments cannot immediately be made at destination thereof, no delivery can in the meantime be made of the contents of the Vforward compartments, except by hand discharge, hence delays in delivery occur, and valuable working time ot both trucl and operatorie lost, all of which adds no little to the delivery expense "or overhead.

Itis therefore the principal object of this invention to provide a novel construction and arrangement of delivery truck body for coal or other materials, and especially of the rearend dumping type,- which will not only Jermit the carrying of a plurality of different load units scheduled for different destinations, but which will permit of selective dumping discharge of any one of theseveral load units regardless of its position within the truck body or with relation to the rear end of the latter.`

Other objects of this invention, not at this time Amore particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the ollowing detailed description of the same.

1929. i serial No. 357,383.

Theinvention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :-l

Fig. l is side elevation of a truck ot the rear-end dumping type (conventionally shown) and provided with a body made according to and embodying Athe principles of this invention; Fig. 2' is in part a side elevation and in part a vertical longitudinal section of the novel truck body; Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the saine; Figli is a rear end view of the same; and Fig. 5 is a frag mentary transverse vertical section, taken onl line 5--5 in Fig. 2.

Similar characters are employed ink ali .ot the hereinabove described views to indicate corresponding parts.' Y

Referring now to said drawings, the reterence character 6 indicates the novel truck body per se, the same comprising, in the illustrative embodiment shown, in which the frame-'work and body is of metal construction, a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal supporting or base beams 7 upon which isv mounted the skeleton trame consisting of a series of transverse horizontal bottom bars 8, having at their ends vertical frame bars 9 suitably joined thereto by angle-pieces `or brackets 10. Suitably secured to the vertical frame bars 9are the side walls l1, front end wall l2 and rear end wall 13 of the body enclosure. The reference character 14 indicates the bottoinwalls of the body, the same preferably consisting of opposed inwardly and downwardlyy 'inclined bottom members eX- tending respectively from the side walls ll,

but terminating short of the central longitudinal airis of the body bottom so as to provide a central longitudinal bottom opening i5 throughout the extent of the body bottom.-

Said bottom members are supported by longitudinal side rails 16, which are secured to the vertical frame bars 9, and-by underlying reenforcing transverse reenforcing ribs 17 which lextend beneath the bottom members, and which are suitably secured to and between said side rails and said bottom bars 8.

Extending 4longitudinally beneathothe body bottom, and being suitably secured to said bottom bars. 8 so as to be aligned with the bottom opening l5 and coextensive therewith,

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`may be manipulated or adjusted to regulate u, the discharge flow of coal outwardly from said discharge chute. A pivoted lever 2O connected with the plate or closure 19 by the link 21 may be utilized to manipulate said plateV or" closure 19, as may be desired.

7, The interior of the body may be subdividedy into a plurality of compartments, each adapted to contain a load unit. Said compartments are formed by transverse partition members 22. These partition members 22 may be removably mounted by providing channeled guides 23 on the interior faces ofV the side walls 11 in which the same are slidably movable. From the description as thus far proceeded i with, itwill be obvious thateach compartment, into which the interior of the trucl body isdivided, is provided with a bottom opening above and adapted to communicate with the interior of said discharge chute 18. The bottom opening of each compartment is individually closed by a manipulatable closure meanseach said closure means being subject to operation independent of the others so that any given or selected compartment may be opened to discharge its content to the discharge chute 18. The compartment bottom closures may be made in various ways, and illustrative of one convenient form thereof, I have, in the drawings, shown the same to consist of slide plates 24 movable in hori- Zontal guides 25, the exterior end of each slide plate having adraw bar 26 connected 'therewith, to project outwardly in the eXteriorly open space beneath a sloping bottom wall 14 t of the body, so as to be readily accessible to the operator from an exterior side of the body. s Each draw bar 26 preferablyl terminates in a vhandle loop 27 for grasping the same when manipulating a slide plate.

The novel truck body above described may be mounted on a truck chassis or frame of either horse-drawn or motor vehicle type as shown in F ig. 1, and any suitable arrangement of means for elevating and inclining the body to rear end dumping position may be provided intermediate the chassis or frame and the truck body, as is likewise illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. j i

In the operation of the delivery truck having the novel load carrying body above described, when it is desired to discharge any one of the load units in a given compartment thereof, the body is uptilted to incline downwardly from its forward toward its rear end,

" as shown in Fig. 1. When the body is so tilted, the slide plate controlling the bottom opening of the selected compartment to be rdischarged or dumped is pulled open, thus permitting the content of said compartment to flow outwardly and downwardly therefrom into the underlyingdischarge chute 18. By opening and adjusting the cut-oft plate or closure of said discharge chute, the coal or other material may be exteriorly discharged charged or dumped by manipulating the oloV sure or slide plate 24C associated therewith.

F rom the above description it will be clearly apparent, that the novel truck body of thisr invention provides a very convenient and eflicient means for carrying` and selectively delivering a plurality of load units, and consequently the body offers great advantage in use as a coal delivery means.

`While l have stressed the advantage of the novel truck body as a coal carrying and delivery means, it will be understood that it is not limited to such specific use, but may also be utilizedto `carry a plurality ofload units of other materials, or of a variety of different materials. ,l

is many changes could be made in the construction involved in this invention and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departingfrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovevdescription or shown in the accompanying ldrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

l claim 1. ln a truck of the tiltable rear-end duinp-y ing type. a' body for said truck comprising side and end walls, and a bottom wall having a discharge opening; means to subdivide the interior of said body into separate load unit carrying compartments; a fixed discharge chute underlying the bottom wall opening of said body, and having an open discharge end at the rear of said body; and` a inanipulatable closure device for each compartment intermediate the bottom wall discharge opening of said body and said discharge chute.

2. ln a truck ofthe tiltable rear-end dumping type, a body for said truck comprising side and end walls, and a bottom wall havin a discharge opening; means tosubdivide the chute underlying the bottom wall opening of said body, and having an open discharge end at the rear of said body; a manipulatable closure device for each compartment intermediate the bottom wall discharge opening of said r body and said discharge chute, and an ad- `his/table cut-o plate cooperative with the rear open end of said discharge chute.

3. In a truck of the tiltable rearend dumping type, a body I"orV saidA truck comprising 15. side and end walls, and bottom wall members project-ing in downwardly and inwardly in clined extension from the respective side walls with their inner longitudinal margins spaced apart to provide a bottom discharge ripening; means to subdivide the interior of icl body into separate load unit carrying co ipartments; a xed discharge chute underlying the bottom discharge opening of said body, and having an open discharge end at the rear of said body; and a manipulatable closure device for each compartment intermediate the bottom discharge opening and said discharge chute.

e'. In a truck of the tiltable rear-end dumpsia ing type, a body for said truclr comprising side and end walls, and bottom wall members projecting in downwardly and inwardly inclined extension from the respective side walls with their inner longitudinal margine spaced apart to provide a bottom discharge opening; means to subdivide he interior of said body into separate load unit carrying compartments; a iXed discharge chute underlying the bottom discharge opening of said w' body, and having an open discharge end at the rear or" said body; a manipulatable closure device for each compartment intermediate the bottom discharge opening and said discharge chute, and an adjustable cut-oii' plate cooperative with the rear open end of said discharge chute.

in a truck of the tiltable rear-end dumping type, a body for said truck comprising side and end walls, and bottom wall members 4; projecting in downwardly and inwardly inclined extension from the respective side walls with their inner longitudinal margins spaced apart to provide a bottom discharge opening; means to subdivide the interior or" said body into separate load unit carrying compartments; a fixed discharge chute underlying the bottom discharge opening of said body, and having an open discharge end at the rear of said body and a manipulatable 5 slide plate `for each compartment to open and close the bottom discharge opening underlying said compartments, guides for said slide plates, said slide-plates each having a draw bar projecting exteriorly of said body for se- @0 lectively manipulating the same.

G. in a truck of the tiltable rear-end dumptype, a body for said truck comprising side and end walls, and bottom wall members projecting in downwardly and inwardly in clined extension from the respective Side Lio lectively manipulating the same, and an adj ustable cut-off plate cooperative with the rear open end of said discharge chute.

in testimony that I claim the invention set forth above l have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of April 1929.

PERCY M. THOR-N. 

